Robert Hilborn Falls

Robert Hilborn Falls
Born	(1924-04-29)April 29, 1924 Welland, Ontario
Died	November 6, 2009(2009-11-06) (aged 85) Ottawa, Ontario
Allegiance	Canada
Service/branch	Royal Canadian Air Force Canadian Forces Maritime Command
Years of service	1942-1980
Rank	Admiral
Battles/wars	World War II (RCAF)
Other work	President of the Canadian Centre for Arms Control and Disarmament (now the Canadian Council for International Peace and Security)

Admiral Robert Hilborn Falls, CMM CD (April 24, 1924 – November 6, 2009) was Chief of Defence Staff of the Canadian Forces from 1977 to 1980.

Military career

He first joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1942 as a pilot and later transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy after World War II. He served as commander of the Canadian Flotilla Atlantic, as Vice Chief of the Defence Staff from 1974 to 1977, as Chief of Defence Staff of the Canadian Forces from 1977 to 1980 and as chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 1980 to 1983.^[1]

He later became president of the Canadian Centre for Arms Control and Disarmament (now the Canadian Council for International Peace and Security).^[2]

References

↑ Hillmer, Norman. "Falls, Robert Hilborn". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
↑ "Deaths: Admiral Robert Hilborn Falls". The Globe and Mail. 2009-11-09. Retrieved 20 October 2011.

Military offices
Preceded by A.C. Hull	Vice Chief of the Defence Staff 1974-1977	Succeeded by R.M. Withers
Preceded by J.A. Dextraze	Chief of the Defence Staff 1977-1980	Succeeded by R.M. Withers

Canadian Chiefs of the Defence Staff

Frank Miller Jean-Victor Allard Frederick Sharp Jacques Dextraze Robert Falls Ramsey Withers Gérard Thériault Paul Manson John de Chastelain John Anderson John de Chastelain Jean Boyle Larry Murray Maurice Baril Ray Henault Rick Hillier Walter Natynczyk Thomas Lawson Jonathan Vance

Chairmen of the NATO Military Committee

1949–1951 Omar Bradley
1951–1952 Etienne Baele
1952–1953 Charles Foulkes
1953–1954 E. J. C. Quistgaard
1954–1955 Augustin Guillaume
1955–1956 Stylianos Pallis
1956–1957 Giuseppe Mancinelli
1957–1958 B. R. P. F. Hasselman

1958–1959 Bjarne Øen
1959–1960 J. A. Beleza Ferras
1960–1960 Rustu Erdelhun
1960–1961 Louis Mountbatten
1961–1962 Lyman Lemnitzer
1962–1963 C. P. de Cumont
1963–1964 Adolf Heusinger
1964–1968 C. P. de Cumont

1968–1971 Nigel Henderson
1971–1974 Johannes Steinhoff
1974–1977 Peter Hill-Norton
1977–1980 H. F. Zeiner-Gundersen
1980–1983 Robert Hilborn Falls
1983–1986 Cornelis De Jager
1986–1989 Wolfgang Altenburg
1989–1993 Vigleik Eide

1993–1996 Richard Vincent
1996–1999 Klaus Naumann
1999–2002 Guido Venturoni
2002–2005 Harald Kujat
2005–2008 Ray Henault
2008–2011 Giampaolo Di Paola
2011–2015 Knud Bartels
2015–2016 Petr Pavel

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